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WGUS82 KMLB 012143
FLSMLB
FLC085-111-012330-

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
442 PM EST TUE NOV 1 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  
  MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF INDIANTOWN AND PORT ST LUCIE .

* UNTIL 630 PM EST

* AT 440 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED PERSISTENT
HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR 
ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES HAVE 
OCCURRED IN SPOTS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES 
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 630 PM.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... 
HIGHWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 
FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 
AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
ONLY TWO FEET OF WATER CAN MAKE MOST VEHICLES BUOYANT. TURN AROUND...
DONT DROWN


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